Communism & After · event 5 of 9

16 June 1989

Nagy is reburied. A quarter of a million people gather at Heroes’ Square. A young Viktor Orbán demands the withdrawal of Soviet troops. The old order ends in public.

The Communism & After era

  1. 1949
  2. 23 October 1956
  3. 1958
  4. 1968
  5. 16 June 1989
  6. September 1989
  7. 23 October 1989
  8. 2004
  9. 2014

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